Blame The Sufferer

I believe
That God is
Sometimes silent
During the times  
We need him most
During the times
We would much prefer
That he make himself
Known

I really don’t know

Why God is silent

I don’t believe

That protection and healing
Come about
Because someone
Prays hard enough
With the right people
In the right way

I really don’t know

How prayer works

I don’t know a lot of things

But I try

Not to make up
Reasons

Or blame the sufferer

Blame the sufferer

For God’s absence
Say it’s a lack of faith
An unwillingness to be refined

Blame the sufferer

For the circumstance
Say it’s the consequence of something
The life God planned for this person

Blame the sufferer

Demand peaceful acceptance
Of the pain
Because acceptance
Makes the suffering sacred
And the person holy
And everyone
More comfortable

Blame the sufferer

Distance ourselves
From the sufferer
Push the sufferer
Away

While God

Does just
The opposite

Holds the sufferer

Blameless

Weeps alongside

The sufferer

Shows love to

The sufferer

Possibly even suffers

With the sufferer

Does everything

Except
Blame the sufferer
For the suffering